There is, perhaps, no starker example of discrimination in Bangladesh than the treatment of its Harijan community. Two hundred years after the British brought them to this land to work as sweepers, we ...

Her name is Rani, which literally means "queen". But her life could not be further from royalty. She lives in a ten-by-twelve-foot, single, damp room at the Harijan Colony in Moulvibazar's Kulaura ...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has asked all its departments, public and educational institutes and others to stop using the term ‘harijan’ in communications, officials said on Wednesday. The ...

The Odisha government has prohibited the use of the term ‘harijan’ in all public institutions, educational establishments, and government communications, directing that only the constitutional term ...

The Odisha government has asked all its departments, public and educational institutes and others to stop using the term 'harijan' in communications, officials said on Wednesday. The government ...

“The Odisha Government has asked all its Departments, public and educational institutes and others to stop using the term ‘Harijan’ in communications,” officials said on Wednesday (August 13, 2025.) ...

Odisha Government bans the use of the term ‘Harijan’ in official records, mandates ‘Scheduled Caste’ as per constitutional provisions. The order issued by the Odisha Government banning the usage of ...

Bhubaneswar, Aug 13 (PTI) The Odisha government has asked all its departments, public and educational institutes and others to stop using the term 'harijan' in communications, officials said on ...

The government suggested the authorities concerned that words like 'scheduled caste' in English and 'anusuchita jati' in Odia or other national languages should be used to "denote persons belonging to ...

The Odisha government has officially prohibited the use of the term 'harijan' in any form of official communication, in compliance with guidelines from the Odisha Human Rights Commission. All ...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has asked all departments to stop using the word ‘Harijan’ in all forms of official records. Only the Constitutional term “Scheduled Caste” — in English, Odia, or other ...

The Odisha government on Monday directed all its departments and institutes to stop using the word “harijan” in communications The government asked all employees to employ words like “scheduled caste” ...